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you know mitt romney well. there the president was, praising the effectivaneness of massachusetts health coverage that was signed into law in 2 it,000 and making the point that in the first month, only about 123 had signed up. by the end of the year, it was in the thousands. did he make the case? >> well, martin, good afternoon to you, and the president, of course, noted some of the similarities between the massachusetts plan and the affordable care act. and but there are also some important differences. he noted that in massachusetts it was done on a bipartisan basis. of course, in washington, d.c., it wasn't. in massachusetts -- >> and we know why that is, don't we, sir? >> yeah, in massachusetts. >> we do know why that is, don't oh we, because the president repeatedly referenced the fact that governors in various states and half of congress are doing absolutely nothing to help the rollout of the affordable care act. >> of course, martin. but the point is, simply, there are some significant differences and we
you know mitt romney well. there the president was, praising the effectivaneness of massachusetts health coverage that was signed into law in 2 it,000 and making the point that in the first month, only about 123 had signed up. by the end of the year, it was in the thousands. did he make the case? >> well, martin, good afternoon to you, and the president, of course, noted some of the similarities between the massachusetts plan and the affordable care act. and but there are also some...
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in just a moment, governor romney joins me for an exclusive interview. and president obama's approval rating is at an all-time low. obamacare is at a rough start. more u.s. spy revelations have rocked even our closest allies. and did the president consider replacing vice president joe biden with then-secretary of state hillary clinton? that's according to a bombshell in a new book "double down, game changing 2012." bob woodward, katty kay, david axelrod, bill kristol. i'm david gregory in washington. >>> and good sunday morning. the killing of a tsa agent at los angeles international airport is raising questions about the motives of the 23-year-old suspect, and also airport security. do tsa agents need to be armed? our justice correspondent pete williams will be here in a little while to give us an update and fresh report on all of that. but first, the obama care debate. the healthcare.gov was actually offline for repairs over the weekend. they said saturday the glitches are, quote, just the tip of the iceberg. this week, as you might have remembered, th
in just a moment, governor romney joins me for an exclusive interview. and president obama's approval rating is at an all-time low. obamacare is at a rough start. more u.s. spy revelations have rocked even our closest allies. and did the president consider replacing vice president joe biden with then-secretary of state hillary clinton? that's according to a bombshell in a new book "double down, game changing 2012." bob woodward, katty kay, david axelrod, bill kristol. i'm david...
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nothing can change that view for mitt romney. he says he has always believed that massachusetts should not be a model for the nation. he has always believed that, mitt romney says. >> we have a model that worked. one state in america, my state, was able to put in place a plan that got everybody health insurance. the right way to proceed is to reform health care, that we can do, as we did it in massachusetts, we can do it for the nation. we can get everybody insured. we can get the cost of health care down. >> how do you insure the 45 or 50 million americans not on the books? >> well, that is what we did in massachusetts, we put it on the exchange, the president is copying the idea. i'm glad to hear that. >> now, mitt romney insists he didn't mean any of that. he never insists that the plan should be copied at the national level. and that kind of insistence may be partly why he is not president. shutting down the government to repeal obama care proved to be a real debacle for the republican party, they were not able to repeal or d
nothing can change that view for mitt romney. he says he has always believed that massachusetts should not be a model for the nation. he has always believed that, mitt romney says. >> we have a model that worked. one state in america, my state, was able to put in place a plan that got everybody health insurance. the right way to proceed is to reform health care, that we can do, as we did it in massachusetts, we can do it for the nation. we can get everybody insured. we can get the cost of...
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signed romney care into law. and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no excuse for it. >> i apologize. >> i am accountable to you for
signed romney care into law. and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt...
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campaign, the mitt romney campaign had to answer for that. a surrogate, you're responsible for what they say. so in that instance, i think ted cruz has some explaining to do. >> yeah. is it not the case as well that ted cruz has been anointed by his father? there are examples where references are made to elders standing over him, and as it were anointing him for this role that he's had, i guess, in shutting down the country and bringing it to a stand still. >> right. in a lot of ways, rafael ted cruz sr. and sr., they're both rafael cruz, represent where the republican party is stuck when it comes to their outreach to latinos in the sense there is a very, very right wing cadre, particularly in the cuban-american community in south florida, that are hardcore republicans. now, ironically, enough, i believe rafael ted cruz from the american point of view was on the wrong side of the fidel castro revolution and his son is canadi canadian. he's got an ironic pact to bear in trying to make his son the second coming of ronald reagan. he represents a
campaign, the mitt romney campaign had to answer for that. a surrogate, you're responsible for what they say. so in that instance, i think ted cruz has some explaining to do. >> yeah. is it not the case as well that ted cruz has been anointed by his father? there are examples where references are made to elders standing over him, and as it were anointing him for this role that he's had, i guess, in shutting down the country and bringing it to a stand still. >> right. in a lot of...
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it was passed by then mitt romney, he was also the president's republican opponent last 84. the massachusetts senate minority leader joins us now from boston. he served since 1995. he supported that massachusetts health care law within it passed in 2006. senator, i thank you for joining us this morning. i wanted to talk to you specifically, republican for massachusetts today because the contrast between how the implementation of what you call romney care in massachusetts and the implementation of obama care at the national level, it's so striking to me, in massachusettes, this was a bipartisan effort. this was a republican government, democratic legislators, romney and ted kennedy, can you talk about what that process was like. some of these early glitches, the enrollment from massachusetts, it took a long time for people to get enrolled in this. it sounds like a hopeful model nationally. can you talk to people about it? >> it's great to be here in boston. we celebrate the red sox victory, i will tell you when we started down this path, we actually did it in a different way
it was passed by then mitt romney, he was also the president's republican opponent last 84. the massachusetts senate minority leader joins us now from boston. he served since 1995. he supported that massachusetts health care law within it passed in 2006. senator, i thank you for joining us this morning. i wanted to talk to you specifically, republican for massachusetts today because the contrast between how the implementation of what you call romney care in massachusetts and the implementation...
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did mitt romney say we are not running a campaign by fact checkers? >> james, the election is over. >> i can't wait for jon stewart and colbert to do a fact check segment. i disagree with glen. he calls a bicycle a car. i think a bicycle is a bicycle. i don't think this is a health care plan these people have. on top of that only 17% were renewed before the affordable care act. >> you can rationalize all you want but you can't keep your plan. remember, the president said you will save $2500 per family per year. that's not true either. >> a lot of families will save money. >> no, they are not. >> it will save the country money, too. >> b nobody thinks the country will save makeup. this isn't going to work. we'll expand medicare and medicaid. do you know who's hurt? the 12 to 14 million people in the middle who don't have health care. they are small business owners, not obama voters. people who voted for obama will be fine. i wonder what percentage of the 14 million voted for the president. >> is a congressional budget office part of everybody or they d
did mitt romney say we are not running a campaign by fact checkers? >> james, the election is over. >> i can't wait for jon stewart and colbert to do a fact check segment. i disagree with glen. he calls a bicycle a car. i think a bicycle is a bicycle. i don't think this is a health care plan these people have. on top of that only 17% were renewed before the affordable care act. >> you can rationalize all you want but you can't keep your plan. remember, the president said you...
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and there's a contingent that called romney republican in name only and feels they need to push more and more extreme. there's a swath of america looking for moderation in the republican party. i had a conversation with senator mccain where he said publicly several times, we need moderates. so those two races are described showing us that tension playing out in real time. it will be significant. >> seeing the clintons and potus and rand paul reminded me the nationalization of this race which nowadays is every house race, every senate race, becomes nationalized, 70% of the funds they have raised come from outside the state. something that dick cheney inadd vert ently pointed out on sunday. roll that. >> the fact of the matter is washington is not going to elect the senator from wyoming, the people from wyoming elect the senator. mike has a record if you review his finances, of getting 84% of his campaign funds from washington based pacs, that's more than any other senator of any party. and the liz got 25% of funds from wyoming and 13% of his from wyoming. >> at 25 and 13, are not very
and there's a contingent that called romney republican in name only and feels they need to push more and more extreme. there's a swath of america looking for moderation in the republican party. i had a conversation with senator mccain where he said publicly several times, we need moderates. so those two races are described showing us that tension playing out in real time. it will be significant. >> seeing the clintons and potus and rand paul reminded me the nationalization of this race...
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. >> mitt romney, who is going to be on "meet the press" had code names for his vp candidates. chris christie was puffer fish. tim paw lenty lake fish, rob portman was fillet of fish. we have senator marco rubio as piscado. mitt romney scratched chris christie off the list for a variety of reasons including his medical history. he kak elled verbally to his aides while watching a christie video. how much emphasis do you think the book can put on those claims about christie's vetting and wherewithal being a serious contender to be the running mate? >> well, i think you have to understand what these books are. after every presidential campaign, and i worked on a presidential campaign, there's a lot of score settling. people's egos' bruised, their feelings are hurt, and mark halperin and his co-author have figured out a way to exploit this for fun and profit and win another bok ok to follow up to "game change." i think at the end of the campaign we saw chris christie saying nice things about barack obama an his response to hurricane sandy. clearly some people are upset about that.
. >> mitt romney, who is going to be on "meet the press" had code names for his vp candidates. chris christie was puffer fish. tim paw lenty lake fish, rob portman was fillet of fish. we have senator marco rubio as piscado. mitt romney scratched chris christie off the list for a variety of reasons including his medical history. he kak elled verbally to his aides while watching a christie video. how much emphasis do you think the book can put on those claims about christie's...
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mitt romney killed my wife. remember that commercial? he was such a beast, a horrible human being. mitt romney killed my wife. barack obama believed that. >> obama did not claim that. the president did not say that. >> hillary clinton wasn't running against him in 2012. >> this commercial was put together by some sort of arm. >> somebody very close to barack obama. barack obama takes responsibility, the buck stops with barack obama. >> okay. >> barack obama and his campaign and people connected to his campaign and people closely associated with him in the past claimed that mitt romney killed a woman. >> okay. the story is bad enough, you don't need to do that. >> can i please make my point? i'm going to say it again, barack obama, his campaign, they all claimed in 2012. it was one of the most horrific claims that mitt romney killed a man's wife. >> i remember condemning the commercial as well. >> mika, i'm going to keep doing this, okay? so, in 2012, barack obama claimed that mitt romney killed a woman. yesterda
mitt romney killed my wife. remember that commercial? he was such a beast, a horrible human being. mitt romney killed my wife. barack obama believed that. >> obama did not claim that. the president did not say that. >> hillary clinton wasn't running against him in 2012. >> this commercial was put together by some sort of arm. >> somebody very close to barack obama. barack obama takes responsibility, the buck stops with barack obama. >> okay. >> barack obama...
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this plan that obama has was modelled after romney's plan in five years. 98.5% in massachusetts have health insurance, far greater than any other state in the country this program may have flaws. we have not yet discovered what they are. this is speculation, nonsense. i'm tired of it. i think it's time for all americans to pull together -- >> i love -- >> -- do the best we can to make this work for all of sgluus. >> i love the way the democrats do that, the fact is this plan, this health care plan passed in both the senate and house without a single republican vote. >> are you saying it's not working the way dr. dean is saying in massachusetts. >> totally different situation. you had a much lower of uninsure asked very few people who had to buy into this. i think in massachusetts it was in the low single digits of people who didn't have health insurance. that's not the case. >> okay. >> in the united states as a whole. it's apples and oranges and you shouldn't try to have a command and control system. >> we got to leave it there. dr. dean good to have you. thank you very much. >> tha
this plan that obama has was modelled after romney's plan in five years. 98.5% in massachusetts have health insurance, far greater than any other state in the country this program may have flaws. we have not yet discovered what they are. this is speculation, nonsense. i'm tired of it. i think it's time for all americans to pull together -- >> i love -- >> -- do the best we can to make this work for all of sgluus. >> i love the way the democrats do that, the fact is this plan,...
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as gentle reminder early enrollment of a similar plan, massachusetts health care plan known also as romney care shows 123 pool enrolled in the new lance after one month. but after two months over 2200 people republican signed up. ultimately it wasn't until early enrollment was over 11 month after the exchanges became available the massachusetts residents signed up in droves. 36,167 of them to be exact. ezra, i know you guys have been following this. i think we may have borrowed one of your charts possibly. thank you for that the technical stuff is an issue. behavior around enrollment seems not to be a disastrous thing for the administration. it may happen later. >> we don't know yet exactly. i think you identified the exact right, to what degree does the tactical stuff become an enrollment problem. the situation with medicare part d, they didn't launch three weeks. at this point the website had just launched despite it due on that term. >> yom kippur often slows it. >> that's an incredible excuse. democrats and republicans now think it's a success. republicans in particular love it. john b
as gentle reminder early enrollment of a similar plan, massachusetts health care plan known also as romney care shows 123 pool enrolled in the new lance after one month. but after two months over 2200 people republican signed up. ultimately it wasn't until early enrollment was over 11 month after the exchanges became available the massachusetts residents signed up in droves. 36,167 of them to be exact. ezra, i know you guys have been following this. i think we may have borrowed one of your...
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this as mitt romney takes a shot at his former rival. romney behind a similar health care plan in massachusetts says that president obama failed to learn from the mistakes of massachusetts and, worse, sold the plan under false pretenses. the whole thing, romney says, is rotting away the president's second term. >>> the senate is expected to vote today on enda the employment nondiscrimination act based on sexual orientation or gender identity. the first time in u.s. history they voted on this. if they approve the pressure a final senate vote could come on wednesday. >>> a terrifying moment in the skies over wisconsin. two planes carrying sky divers for a formation jump this weekend, these two planes collided in mid air. one of the planes crashed. now, all 11 sky drivers managed to jump to safety. two of them did suffer minor injuries. the pilot of the plane that went down was badly bloodied and appeared to hurt his hand. he is doing okay today. imagine that. two planes collide and everyone doing okay. >> that is amazing. they all had chut
this as mitt romney takes a shot at his former rival. romney behind a similar health care plan in massachusetts says that president obama failed to learn from the mistakes of massachusetts and, worse, sold the plan under false pretenses. the whole thing, romney says, is rotting away the president's second term. >>> the senate is expected to vote today on enda the employment nondiscrimination act based on sexual orientation or gender identity. the first time in u.s. history they voted...
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mitt romney lost over 40% of the latino vote. right after president bush left offense, half of hispanic americans had a positive view of the gop. look at the numbers now, 65% have an unfavorable view. those are not numbers that can get a republican candidate to the white house. that's just the reality. so i think like i said, i don't know what the correct answer is here, but i think we can alltel rubio is looking at the same numbers we are and figuring out what the heck do i know. >> let's turn to hillary clinton to see if we can read the tea leaves on what we've been witnessing over her schedule. she gave three speeches in three days last week. keli, politico suggesting one tactic for hillary is to go back to her 2000 campaign for senator. and then also, can you talk about that and how shaquille o'neal's endorsement of chris christie could affect the hillary clinton campaign? >> the 2000 campaign was a very effective one. i was an intern on that campaign and did a heck of a job fetching coffee and answering phones. but in all se
mitt romney lost over 40% of the latino vote. right after president bush left offense, half of hispanic americans had a positive view of the gop. look at the numbers now, 65% have an unfavorable view. those are not numbers that can get a republican candidate to the white house. that's just the reality. so i think like i said, i don't know what the correct answer is here, but i think we can alltel rubio is looking at the same numbers we are and figuring out what the heck do i know. >>...
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for both democrats and republicans, it's just that he has a mitt romney feel for hem. he's sure san christie's praises yesterday on "meet the press." >> if you look at chris christie and say that's a very impressive guy with a great track record, with a demonstrated ability to work across the aisle, with support of labor and blue collar voters in new jersey, there's a long list of very capable people, but chris christie stands out as one of the very stronge likes in the republican party. >> here's an even bigger problem. even though christie has an air of aauthenticity, you don't run in a vacuum. if he runs in 2016, democrats will hit him for being against women, but republicans will hit him for giving money to planned parenthood. democrats will say his state was 45th in job creation. this sounds awfully familiar, larry. it's like take us back four years ago, we're at the exact same play. >> those of us who are republican under the republican wing have a problem with republicans like chris christie. good guy, i would certainly prefer him over any democrat that could be
for both democrats and republicans, it's just that he has a mitt romney feel for hem. he's sure san christie's praises yesterday on "meet the press." >> if you look at chris christie and say that's a very impressive guy with a great track record, with a demonstrated ability to work across the aisle, with support of labor and blue collar voters in new jersey, there's a long list of very capable people, but chris christie stands out as one of the very stronge likes in the...
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here's mitt romney's response. quote. nothing has changed my view that a plan crafted to fit the unique circumstances of a single state should not be grafted on to the entire country. health reform is best crafted by state with bipartisan support and input from its employers as we did without raising taxes and by carefully phasing it in to avoid the type of disruption we are seeing nationally, unquote. romney, by the way, was not invited to attend the president's annual hall speech. defending obama care. >> question, who aside from mitt romney sees the current chaos as disruptive? >> i think romney was right on the mark there. when you have a bipartisan, when the governor is helping you out to implement the program and the government is part of the program, it works. the state that is receptive to government in healthcare. when you go to mississippi, of course, they will do everything to throw monkey wrenches into the process who don't want to implement it. this is his statement. goes directly with obama is saying. wantin
here's mitt romney's response. quote. nothing has changed my view that a plan crafted to fit the unique circumstances of a single state should not be grafted on to the entire country. health reform is best crafted by state with bipartisan support and input from its employers as we did without raising taxes and by carefully phasing it in to avoid the type of disruption we are seeing nationally, unquote. romney, by the way, was not invited to attend the president's annual hall speech. defending...
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with the clock running out, romney pulled the plug on it for food. questions about his lawsuits, his health, indeed his weight. do you look at those issues as disqualifyi disqualifying, and if so, why? >> i know the vetting people who went through that analysis and put together the report laid everything out. frankly, there wasn't anything they found that wasn't already part of the public record and hadn't been dealt with effectively by chris christie. there was nothing new there. the reason i chose paul ryan was, as i indicated before, which paul had a complement of skills and experience that i thought would be helpful if he actually became vice president. i had been a governor. i hadn't worked in washington. he had been in washington. he was a budget pro. and i figured his relationships in washington, his knowledge of the budget would be a good compliment to me. and chris, by the way, chris could easily become our nominee and save our party and help get this nation on the right track again. they don't come better than chris christie. >> but you obv
with the clock running out, romney pulled the plug on it for food. questions about his lawsuits, his health, indeed his weight. do you look at those issues as disqualifyi disqualifying, and if so, why? >> i know the vetting people who went through that analysis and put together the report laid everything out. frankly, there wasn't anything they found that wasn't already part of the public record and hadn't been dealt with effectively by chris christie. there was nothing new there. the...
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but romney's making clear, he will not let romney care be used to bail out obama care, whether or not he was the inspiration for it. >> flashbacks. making me sweat all over again. rick klein tonight, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and to cairo now. where secretary of state john kerry is visiting for the first time. it will be a tense week ahead there. of course, we all remember the image of former president hosni mubarak behind a cage in that courtroom, being tried for allowing protesters in tahrir square to die. well, tomorrow, the next president who followed him, mohamed morsi, slated to be in court, as well. his trial set to begin. abc's alex marquardt in cairo tonight, watching it all. alex? >> reporter: good evening, david. egypt is on edge tonight, bracing for possibly more violence as the trial of mohamed morsi starts in just a few hours. the muslim brotherhood, which morsi belongs to, has called for massive nationwide protests, which in the past have triggered violent clashes with the security forces. morsi hasn't been seen since he was ousted by the military on july 3rd afte
but romney's making clear, he will not let romney care be used to bail out obama care, whether or not he was the inspiration for it. >> flashbacks. making me sweat all over again. rick klein tonight, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and to cairo now. where secretary of state john kerry is visiting for the first time. it will be a tense week ahead there. of course, we all remember the image of former president hosni mubarak behind a cage in that courtroom, being tried for allowing...
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it's sort of interesting that mitt romney is back to defending romney care which he was running away from readily during the campaign. but, of course, if you have everybody pulling in the same direction, things work out a lot better. it's no coincidence that the states that are having the most problem with obama care are those with the republican governors who are refuse to go participate and dumping everybody on to the federally run program, which is not going as well. >> it's interesting to know, this is the very same stage back in 2006 when mitt romney was joined by a beaming ted kennedy. it was obviously visible, the bipartisan support. but dana, there were some differences that mitt romney alluded to in his statement, beyond just the bipartisan support. i mean, they did ease out the health care law there, and it was much smaller group of people that had to sign up for the exchanges. how do you think president obama will parallel that? i know we talked to kristen about this earlier. how do you think he will play with the mitt romney version of the health care plan, standing on th
it's sort of interesting that mitt romney is back to defending romney care which he was running away from readily during the campaign. but, of course, if you have everybody pulling in the same direction, things work out a lot better. it's no coincidence that the states that are having the most problem with obama care are those with the republican governors who are refuse to go participate and dumping everybody on to the federally run program, which is not going as well. >> it's...
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i'm not a fan of romney. i'm not a fan of romney care, let's look at romney care versus obama care. romney care passed with bipartisan support. zero votes in the state senate. he didn't impose taxes. said obama care imposed 500 billion over the next ten years and now three times as expensive. we can argue the merits of state versus federal. there's a remarkable difference between the relationship with government and health care. and the relationship should be with your doctor. >> we can also argue whether romney's being truthful if he thought romney care, which was the model for obama care was only good for massachusetts. he wanted to make that the template for the rest of the country. >> can we all agree he was a pretty good guest to get? >> governor romney, sure. >> well, nancy pelosi didn't think -- she didn't know why he was on sunday talk show. i've got to move you on to this. tomorrow the president will host in the roosevelt room a meeting about immigration reform. i'm talking about distractions. talking about equal rights for gays and lesbians in the workplace. it was also im
i'm not a fan of romney. i'm not a fan of romney care, let's look at romney care versus obama care. romney care passed with bipartisan support. zero votes in the state senate. he didn't impose taxes. said obama care imposed 500 billion over the next ten years and now three times as expensive. we can argue the merits of state versus federal. there's a remarkable difference between the relationship with government and health care. and the relationship should be with your doctor. >> we can...
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chris christie next to romney, romney would shrink and christie would blossom. as a freshman governor, probably wasn't the right time anyway. it's hard to think this controlled person in the business community will pick this wild prosecutor with a huge body and a huge ego and huge expansive personality and i suspect -- i'd also say in defense of christie, if your state gets hit by something like sandy. you love the person that helps you. the idea he was calculating carefully, i think he was emotionally engaged in what happened to the jersey shore and genuinely grateful and to not have a spirit of understanding that is petty. >> it's surprising that someone decided to dump this vetting file. >> that connections -- >> it has all kinds of -- and he should defend himself. it has all kinds of allegations and kind of a horrible thing and people put their trust in the vetters and for someone a year late tore leak it is a horrible thing to do but will create opponents for chris christie, i think it's damaging to chris christie this happened and unfortunate someone hated
chris christie next to romney, romney would shrink and christie would blossom. as a freshman governor, probably wasn't the right time anyway. it's hard to think this controlled person in the business community will pick this wild prosecutor with a huge body and a huge ego and huge expansive personality and i suspect -- i'd also say in defense of christie, if your state gets hit by something like sandy. you love the person that helps you. the idea he was calculating carefully, i think he was...
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an expert who helped craft romney's and obama's plans says the doctor crunch isn't unique to romney's plan. >> the pressures in the rest of the country are far greater than they are in massachusetts. >> reporter: he says the obama plan will address that by offering financial incentives like medical school loan help, to get doctors to participate. did the massachusetts plan lower costs for patients? according to government statistics, under romney's plan the yearly cost of a premium for an average person in massachusetts went up faster than it did in the rest of the country between 2006 when the plan rolled out and 2012. congressman john fleming redikts this under obama care. >> immediate racheting up of price and cost. >> reporter: but supporters of the president's plan say the rate of growth in massachusetts slowed in recent years. >> over the past three to four years we have seen a significant reduction in the rate of growth in health insurance premiums in massachusetts and also around the country. >> reporter: but that has not been a steady curve. it's hard to compare rates and har
an expert who helped craft romney's and obama's plans says the doctor crunch isn't unique to romney's plan. >> the pressures in the rest of the country are far greater than they are in massachusetts. >> reporter: he says the obama plan will address that by offering financial incentives like medical school loan help, to get doctors to participate. did the massachusetts plan lower costs for patients? according to government statistics, under romney's plan the yearly cost of a premium...
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i think romney is being consistent. actually is consistent to say he wants a state plan being he wants the federal government to stay out of it. it might irritate democrats to see him again, but he is making a correct point that the president in the selling of this soft pedaled how much life is going to change for some people who bought cheap insurance plans that they didn't have topping about. is it true a lot of these people had they been victim of some catastrophic incident might have gone bankrupt? very true. but the president didn't sell this plan by saying so and mitt romney is proof that any republican for the time being can point score on that because democrats at any time sell the fact that this is a wealth transfer from very wealthy people to people who didn't have health insurance. maybe it will benefit us in the long run. it will hurt people in the short term and the president didn't lead with that. >> peter, the architect of both romney care and bom caobama car this reaction. >> governor romney is being ver
i think romney is being consistent. actually is consistent to say he wants a state plan being he wants the federal government to stay out of it. it might irritate democrats to see him again, but he is making a correct point that the president in the selling of this soft pedaled how much life is going to change for some people who bought cheap insurance plans that they didn't have topping about. is it true a lot of these people had they been victim of some catastrophic incident might have gone...
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your relationship with romney? >> we had lunch with one of the authors and talked at length and it's part of the process. if you are going to be in the game at that level, you have to recognize this is how america does these things. >> it is. we have to go back through whatever happened. how will it describe newt gingrich's relationship to mitt romney? >> probably close to non-existe non-existent. we fought a very hard fight. i was clear about what i thought about his tactics. i think in the absence of an enormous financial advantage, he wouldn't have been nominee. he ended up in the end as we said he would. he didn't have personality and the ability to take on a guy of caliber of barack obama and win the campaign. >> not a fan. president obama campaigns with terry mccauliffe in virginia. >> i make you a prediction. if you do what he should, a year from now he'll be so popular half will wonder what in the wide world they were thinking about. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a l
your relationship with romney? >> we had lunch with one of the authors and talked at length and it's part of the process. if you are going to be in the game at that level, you have to recognize this is how america does these things. >> it is. we have to go back through whatever happened. how will it describe newt gingrich's relationship to mitt romney? >> probably close to non-existe non-existent. we fought a very hard fight. i was clear about what i thought about his tactics....
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what about the romney campaign? the book obviously focuses on the romney campaign which as you just heard your colleague call hapless. the "washington post" scribble the hunt for him, goldfish. the names were offensive to some. the new jersey governor was called puffer fish. that he is pescado which i thought was dicey and fishconsin. romney was bothered, according to the book about, i christie showing up late to things and also, to just his physical fitness. and they quote in the book, romn romney. watching a video of him without his suit jacket on. romney kakled to his aides, look at that. >> as we said, i think there is a lot in this book. here's the thing with the vp selection. this is something there is always talk about how the process goes through. one of the best kept secrets in presidential politics of who is being attacked by the other side. it is no secret mitt romney is very organized, very fit, very on time. but at the end of the day when it comes to chris christie, he is getting ready to be reelected b
what about the romney campaign? the book obviously focuses on the romney campaign which as you just heard your colleague call hapless. the "washington post" scribble the hunt for him, goldfish. the names were offensive to some. the new jersey governor was called puffer fish. that he is pescado which i thought was dicey and fishconsin. romney was bothered, according to the book about, i christie showing up late to things and also, to just his physical fitness. and they quote in the...
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governor romney's former running mate, paul ryan. he says chriss christie stands out, and then who did not make the list? ted cruz, falling short of haupl r romney's criteria. you will find them on twitter. a former congressman for new york, and a pollster for president jimmy carter, and a pollster for bill clinton, and fox news contributor as well. good to have you here tonight. timely, too, because of the comments from governor romney. doug, i ask you first, he left out senator ted cruz. why? >> he represents a different strand of republican than romney, but despite the controversy he moved close to the top of the republican presidential trial heats indicating a couple things. first, the party is divided. two, there is no clear frontrunner, and three mitt romney, who lost the race he probably could have won is really somewhat out of step of what is going on. >> we want to hear from the governor on who he actually would pick from his party to run. in his own comments about senator cruz, let's watch that. >> paul ryan, jeb bush, marc
governor romney's former running mate, paul ryan. he says chriss christie stands out, and then who did not make the list? ted cruz, falling short of haupl r romney's criteria. you will find them on twitter. a former congressman for new york, and a pollster for president jimmy carter, and a pollster for bill clinton, and fox news contributor as well. good to have you here tonight. timely, too, because of the comments from governor romney. doug, i ask you first, he left out senator ted cruz. why?...
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and i suspect mitt romney was actually not the one running around using those particular code names. >> but they're so corny, it sounds like something he personally might have made up. >> it might have qualified for that sort of third grade humor level that we all became so endeared of. >> it's not good. and then you have to do the romney laugh afterwards. >> ha-ha-ha. >> thanks so much, "washington post" dana milbank. >>> extra republican candidates on display tomorrow in new jersey and virginia. will the gps lead the party back from the brink? >> tuesday night, we are going to have a historic victory for new jersey, and remember this, we'll end right here. america is watching, everybody. >> yeah. >> america is watching. ♪ well i drove grandpa to his speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop. everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. i started part-time, now i'm a
and i suspect mitt romney was actually not the one running around using those particular code names. >> but they're so corny, it sounds like something he personally might have made up. >> it might have qualified for that sort of third grade humor level that we all became so endeared of. >> it's not good. and then you have to do the romney laugh afterwards. >> ha-ha-ha. >> thanks so much, "washington post" dana milbank. >>> extra republican...
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this is the place where mitt romney signed romney care. of course, before obamacare there was romney care, and it's modeled on what his former rival did in massachusetts. the president trying to rally support amid all the criticism, and two contentious days on capitol hill. >> michael, thank you. mike viqueira at the white house for us, and joining us from washington, david merritt. the managing director of leavitt partners, and what were your thoughts, your take aways from the president's speech. >> yes, the president is a wonderful speaker, obviously. i find it curious one of his main points was to basically dump on the 14 million americans who had purchased individual policies. >> what was the dumping on part of that? >> well, the plans that are being canceled now are plans that individuals bought with their own money in the individual market. they shopped around and put down their own money to buy these plans. now the president is basically saying they were buying substandard plans so he was critiquing their shopping. >> was he critiqu
this is the place where mitt romney signed romney care. of course, before obamacare there was romney care, and it's modeled on what his former rival did in massachusetts. the president trying to rally support amid all the criticism, and two contentious days on capitol hill. >> michael, thank you. mike viqueira at the white house for us, and joining us from washington, david merritt. the managing director of leavitt partners, and what were your thoughts, your take aways from the...
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although mitt romney said mr. president, if you would have followed massachusetts' plan, you would not have had an embarrassing roll out as you had so far. while she was there talking about her web site, if you went on to the web site, it was down. she said it never crashes. it was down. that's the message they got. what's interesting is our federal government can secretly tap into google and to yahoo essentially without a trace. but we can not run a stinking web site to sell insurance. but we can get by the guys at google. >> it's a mystery. >> it is a mystery. >> so the president was in massachusetts yesterday and kept referring back to mitt romney. mitt romney quickly went out and said in the "boston globe," i believe, listen, i said mass care was good for the people of massachusetts 'cause they wanted it and this is what they wanted. that's what they voted for and that's what he did. he said it was never good for the entire country. you can't have a massachusetts plan that's going to be blown up and brought to
although mitt romney said mr. president, if you would have followed massachusetts' plan, you would not have had an embarrassing roll out as you had so far. while she was there talking about her web site, if you went on to the web site, it was down. she said it never crashes. it was down. that's the message they got. what's interesting is our federal government can secretly tap into google and to yahoo essentially without a trace. but we can not run a stinking web site to sell insurance. but we...